Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-the-sperm-whale New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Editor: David O'Sullivan Illustrator: Elfy Chiang (https://www.elfylandstudios.com/) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) Special Thanks To: Dr. Joy Reidenberg Susan Bird Tom Mustill - and be sure to check out his new book How to Speak Whale https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/tom-mustill/how-to-speak-whale/9781538739136/ Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sperm-whale [2] http://www.biosciences-labs.bham.ac.uk/butler/Lewis/UDivers.pdf [3] https://www.orcaireland.org/deep-diving-adaptations-in-the-sperm-whale [4] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn3315 [5] https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-depths/pressure/compare-contrast-connect-deep-divers#:~:text=The%20sperm%20whale%2C%20which%20holds,contain%20into%20a%20small%20space. [6] http://www.eurocbc.org/Gas-bubble%20lesions%20in%20stranded%20cetaceans.pdf [7] https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/saltwater-science/do_whales_suffer_from_decompression/ [8] https://wildwhales.org/speciesid/whales/sperm-whale/ [9] https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/133/4/990/6263583?login=false [10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774244/ [11] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244204 [12] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0030